Job prospects promising for region

Reports point to solid US hiring in June

9:52 PM,
Jul. 3, 2013

Pam Hensen of Bemis Co. Inc. in Neenah discusses some of the company's job opportunities with Aaron Bohn at a job fair in Oshkosh in June. Economists forecast that the June jobs report, which the goverment will release Friday, will show employers added 165,000 jobs.

Written by

Larry Avila
| Post-Crescent Media

The improving economy has made it challenging for Menasha-based Faith Technologies to find workers it needs to fill its 250 open positions.

The Menasha-based electrical and specialty systems contractor has conducted five job fairs around the state, including one in Appleton, since making its hiring announcement in April and has filled about 60 percent of those positions, said Stephanie Guin, executive vice president of human resources for Faith Technologies. Demand from the nation's wireless carriers who are upgrading networks to newer and faster technology has translated to an ...